Stephanie Sheh is an American voice actress, ADR director, writer and producer who has worked for several major companies, including

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and

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. She is often involved with work in English dubs of

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, cartoons,

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s and films. Her notable voice roles include Hinata Hyuga in the ''

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'' franchise,

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in ''

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'', Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon in the Viz Media redub of ''

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'',

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in ''

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'',

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in ''

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'', ''

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'' in DC Super Hero Girls,

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in ''

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'', Mona and Kat in ''

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'',

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in ''

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'',

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in ''

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'', Mamimi Samejima in ''

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'', and Mitsuha Miyamizu in ''

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''.

Career

Sheh was born in

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and was raised in

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. She spent much of her childhood in

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, where half of her relatives still live and speak Mandarin Chinese and Taiwanese Hokkien. Sheh became interested in being an actress after acting out a school play when she was in her early years in

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. While at the

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she was involved in anime clubs. After graduating from UCLA in 1999, she took a job as a producer while she pursued her acting career. She got her training and studying on acting, voice acting and

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at the

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Voiceover Workshop and

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. Sheh has also recorded radio spots for United States Cellular Corporation. Under the moniker of Jennifer Sekiguchi, Sheh made her voice acting debut as Silky in ''

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'' in 2001. During that time, she worked at Synch-Point, which produced English dubs for anime, in which she produced the dub for ''

'', besides voicing Silky. She was working with Synch-Point when she brought in

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to ADR direct and write for ''

'', which she played as one of the main characters, Mamimi. She would later land starring voice roles as

in ''

'' and

in ''

''. She also voiced supporting character Hinata Hyuga in the hit series ''

'' in which her character had a major role in the storyline. The three shows have aired on Cartoon Network with varied success. She describes Hinata's issues with self-esteem as very relatable. Sheh has been involved in voicing characters in video games such as ''

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'', '' Aion: The Tower of Eternity'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'' as the current voice of

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on the ''

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'' franchise. Beyond using her voice, Stephanie was flown to

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to provide the motion capture for the character

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's video game ''

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''. She also voiced Mlle Blanche de Grace in ''

'' and

in the ''

'' series. Sheh has appeared several times on G4's ''

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'' as "Tiny

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". In 2012, she was a host in the 2011 Talk-Show TV series ''BPM: Beats Per Mnet''. In 2011, she formed the fundraising organization ''We Heart Japan'' in response to the

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. In 2013, she reprised the role of

in '' Eureka Seven: Astral Ocean''. In July 2014, Viz Media revealed details behind its upcoming ''

'' Blu-ray release and the series' new dub cast at its panel at the 2014 Anime Expo in Los Angeles. Sheh was cast to voice Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon in Viz's redub of the first anime series, as well as ''

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''. On February 2, 2017, upon the release of ''

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'', Sheh voiced as Tharja from ''

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''. Sheh later went on to voice later iterations of Tharja herself. On June 11, 2021, Netflix released the film ''

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'', Sheh voiced the audio description provided by Post Haste Digital. In 2022, Netflix released the film ''Anittinha's Club: The Movie'', Sheh also voiced the audio description provided by Post Haste Digital.

Filmography

Anime

Animation

Films

Video games

References

Other references
Interview with Stephanie Sheh by AnimeOmnitude

External links

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